Steve Groth, baritone, is a classical vocalist, teacher, and collaborative pianist currently residing in the Metro Milwaukee area.  Recently he has performed the role of Marullo (Rigoletto) with Finger Lakes Opera and was a studio artist with Sarasota Opera.  Whilst in Sarasota, he performed the role of Antonio (Le nozze di Figaro)and covered the roles of Alfio and Tonio in Sarasota’s double-billing of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci  A frequent artist at the Italian Montefeltro Festival, Steve’s Italian credits include Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Ford (Falstaff), Taddeo (L’Italiana in Algieri), and his Italian debut singing the title role of Verdi’s Rigoletto. Other credits include Dandini (La Cenerentola), the King (Puss in Boots), Escamillo (Carmen), Alfio (Cavalleria Rusticana), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), Polinesso (Ariodante), Mr. Webb (Our Town), Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), and Baron Douphol (La Traviata).

Equally at home on the concert stage, Steve has recently sung the baritone solos in Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms), Messa di Gloria (Puccini), Messiah (Handel), and Carmina Burana (Orff).

In recent competitions, Steve has been a finalist in the Patricia Crump Competition (2024), a semi-finalist in the Concorso internazionale di canto Lirico di Nicolai Ghiarov (2024), semi-finalist in the SAS Vocal Competition (2023 and 2024), and a semi-finalist in the Jenson Competitions (2023 and 2024).  He received the Kenneth King second prize award in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild competition in 2021 and took the William Vennard Award in the national NATSAA competition in 2020.